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July 25, 11933. F" E. LANGDON MACHINE FOR ISSUING TICKETS Filed Oct. 29, 1951 5 Sheets-Sheet l rlL mvsrvron 3 19335- F. E. LANGDON MACHINE FOR ISSUING TICKETS Filed Oct. 29, 1931 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 FRANK E. LANGDO/V 3y INVENTo I rII LF II A WRNE Y July 25, 1933. F. E. LANGDON MACHINE FOR ISSUING TICKETS Filed Oct. 29, 1931 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 m5. Big mwm 55 b nun M M M m. P w E3 82% Fwy m mm Q m mkmm M N F m N. O W N WW 6 SSFEOMQSQB h m w Mm d, 9 .Q\ m h\\ INVENTOR FRANK E. LANQDON A TT'o mvE r.

July 25, 1933- LANGDON 1,920,085

MACHINE FOR ISSUING TICKETS Filed Oct. 29, 1931 5 Sheets-Sheet 4 (/vvENTaR FRANK E, LANqoa/ %fl/%m ATTUFNEY July 25, 1933. F. E. LANGDON MACHINE FOR ISSUING TICKETS Filed Oct. 29, 1931 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 INVENTOR FRANK E. LANCTDON @w/flm) Arr-0M5).

Patented July 25, 1933 szeess retest oFFIcE, Y

-' reens: Ent ee}; aivenon, or GARSHAL'ION, ENGLAND,

MACHINE son resume "rrcxnrs Application filedflcto'ncr 2e, 1e31, Serial No. 571,886, and in Great Britain November 14, 1930;; r

This invention relates to machines for issuing tickets such as those used on tramwa y cars and. omnibuses and has for its ob ect to provide an improved and simplilied machine for printing and issuing tickeets in which the classof ticket, the fare stage, andhif necessary other features can be readily adjusted as required before issu ing any ticket. o According to the invention a ticketissuing machine comprises a rotary .printingde ing the ticket strip from being accidentally or unintentionally stopped during operatlOIl means for severing the printed tickets i vice automatically inoperative when it is desired to issue a ticket f for avalue' not specifically provided. for in; mechanism and a construction intended. a machine adapted to be carried on the person of a tramway car or omnibus conductor which permits access to be obtained to the ticket strip without moving the machine from the position in -which it is carried by the operator. 7 I o 7 ln carrying the invention into effect according to the preferred form and as ap pli to a machine adapted to be carried on tne person of a tramway car or omnione c nd'uctor the machine comprises :1 cas- 1' within which is disp i rota-table it carrying a printing drum Vor other: cable print ng element adapted to per rorin in o" e, rotation the printing of a ticket and having"adjustable dies which print one tune the value of thefare, the consecu' vice; er the number or nature thereof and any,

tive number of the tickets andlthe other features which-may he{necessary-.-" 'r lerain of the adjustable diesar e" co ned by hand actuated ad ted on theexterior of capable of being adpistedwhen the iustin devices in such amanner as to prevent their flying loose means for rendering the severing de-' the setting. v

printed by the machine.

) ma azine for insertin i a fresh enclosed in a casing consisting'of a bed plate 1, twofend frame'lplates 2 andf3and'an intermediate frame plate 300 proyctmg he casing and drum A is in the rest positionso as to print a ticket of arequired valueiand class upon a strip carried in a magazine and to issue the printed ticket, from the machine.

A machine constructed according ,7 to the preferred form of theinventionis illustrated e in". the accompanying drawings in which e Figure l is a plan view,

Figure 2is an inverted Figure 3 is anend view,

Figure is a rear elevation partly in section, 3

Figure 5 is a sectional View taken onthe line 55 of Figures and looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 6 is asectional elevation taken on the line 66 of Figure 4i and looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 7 is. an inverted plan view partly in section. V

Figure 8 is a fraginentaryfront elevation showin the arrangement of the knife mechanism for partially severing the printed 7 tickets from the ticket strip.

Figure 9 is a representation of the ticket plan view,

The machine shown in the drawings is downwardly from the ends of thelplate '1 and "cover i -secured tot-he bedf plate 1 and frame plates 2 and? The bed plate 1 also carries ticket strip magazine or casing5 fired to the upper side of the bed'plate 1 near one end. thereof and having an open front fitted with a hinged cover 6. The casing is provided with lugs la for] attachment toshoulder straps for supporting the machine -;upon the person of the conductor insuchi a way'that theinachine can be operat'edand the hinged cover 6 opened for re-" plenishing the'ticketmagazine without mov ing the machine from its normal position on the person of the conductor.

The cover 6 is held in the closed positlon by means of a hinged bracket 7 which is carried by the bed plate 1 and which engages a detent 8 fixed on the cover 6 as shown in Figures 3, 5 and6 of the drawings,

the detent 8 being formed with a projecting finger piece 9 by which the cover 6 can be depressed for the purpose of releasing the bracket 7 from the detent 8 and permitting I the bracket to be swung down against the,

bedplate 1 when it is required to open the cover 6 to access to the ticket strip magazine.

The ticket strip is in the form of a roll 10 which is fitted into the casing 5 as shown ticket rolls are provided ready mounted on spindles adapted to engage in the slots 11 this arrangement will ensure that the ticket roll is' inserted in thecasing 5 inthe' correct position.

' The 'bed plate lis formed with an openiiig 12- (Figure 5) over which is fitted a. t cket strip guide platef13 TOllllQdWltll upstanding edges or flanges 14 by which the ticket strip is guided over the bed plate 1.

The hinged cover 6 carries a spring loaded pressure roller 15 which engages the upper surface of the'ticket strip when the cover 6 is closed so as to press the ticket strip against the guide plate 13 as shown in Figure 5. The pressure roller iscarried; between the arms of a frame 16 pivoted on a spindle 16atixed to the side walls of the \coverr6 and controlled by a spring 17 which tends to rock the frame 16 in a direction to press the roller 15 towards the opening 12, this movement beinglimited by the engagement of pins 18 carriedbythc armsof the frame 16 inslots 19 formed in'brackets 190; which are fixed to thecover 6.

The machine is provided with a printing drum'20 mountedfto rotate about a hori zontal axis beneaththe bed'plate l and provided with a printing surface indicated genorally at 21 which is arranged to print upon the underside"offthe ticket strip through the opening 12 and to feed the ticket strip forward seas to eject the printed ticket from;

V the machine. The; printing drunr'is supported atone endby means of aball bearing 22 (Figure 4) which is fitted into a sleeve or cup 23 fixed to the side frame plate 2 and which supports a hollow sleeve 24 located concentrically"within the sleeve 23 and formed at its inner end with .a flange25 which is V fixed to a corresponding flange formed on the printing drum. The other end of the printing drum is fixed to a shaft 26 which extends horizontally across the machine beneath the bed plate 1 and is sup ported at its end remote from the printing drum by means of a ball bearing 27 carried by a sleeve or cup 28 fixed to the side frame plate 3.;The end of the shaft 26 projects outside the sleeve or cup 28 and carries acrank handlei29 by which the printing drum can be rotated.

The printing surface of the printing drum is composed of a number of fixed diesadapted to print the frame or border 30 and other invariable parts of the ticket illustrated in Figure 9 and. also a number of adjustable dies for printing the value of the ticket, class of ticket, the consecutive nums ber of the ticket, the fare stage, the service number and the date of issue.

The'dies 31 for printing the. service num her and the dies 32 for printing the date of issue are adjustabledirectly by hand, the dies 32 being accessible through an opening 33 in thecover i 'when the printing drum is in, the normal or rest position shown in the drawings so that the conductor can adjust these dies to print the date of issue without removing the cover 4 from the machine. In Figure 9 the service number is shown at 34c and the date ofissue at 35.

fThe fare stage dies are carried by a pair of rotary die holders 36 and 37 which are journaled upon a common spindle 38 within the. printing drum and are adjustable to printany one of a series of numbers I'QP1'Q'1 senting fare stages as indicated at 39 111 Figure19. The die holder 36 prints the unit ,digit, whilst the dieholder e 37 prints the tens digit and is coupled to the die holder 36 by suitable gearing (not shown) so as to be moved forward through one step at the end of each complete rotation of the die holder The adjustment-of the fare stage dies is effected by means of an adjusting spindle 10 which is mounted co -axially with the print ing drum so asto be'rotatable relatively thereto and is geared to'the spindle'38 (to which the die holder 36 is attached) through i the medium of a pair of bevel wheels 41a and a series of toothe-ii'wheels 41 carried by the printing drumj v e -The fare stage adjustingspindle'tt) is supported near its innerend by means of a ball bearing 42'carried by theprintnigdrum and projects at its outer end beyond the end of thesleeve 23 where it is fitted with a butterfly grip 13. The butterfly grip 43 is prol tected by an open vended sleeve .14 fitted on thesleeve '23 but is accessible through the i open end of this sleeveso that the spindle .40 can be rotated for the purpose of adjusting the fare stage printing wheels.

In order to provide an indication of the fare stage to which the fare stage printing wheelsare-adjusted, a pair of number wheels 45 fitted with suitable carrying mechanism (not shown) corresponding to that provided bet-ween the wheels 3,61and-37 are rotatably supported withinthe sleeve 24 by means of i'ashcrs 4C6 fixed by:;screws tojthe end of the sleeve2 l and are adjusted vby a driving lug 47 fixed to the spindle l0 and engagingi the units number wheel. The relevantnumbers on the wheels arevisible through an opening48 in the sleeve 2flthesleeves 23 and 44 being formed with corresponding openings 49 which register with the opening48 when the drum is in the normal or rest position shown in'the drawings.

The value dies for printing avalue'indica tion on the ticket as indicated alt-50in Fig ure 9 are carried on a rotary discior' die holder 51 which is carried by a rotatable spindle 52 mounted in theprintlng drum and is controlled by a slidingrack 58 (see Fig each one of which corresponds to one of the .jjustable for ures 5 and 7) which is guided in brackets 54 fixed to the printing drum and meshes with a pinion 55 fixed tothe spindle 52-. The rack 53 isfiXed at its end remotejfrom the printing drum to a bracket 56 fixed to a grooved disc 57 which is mounted to slide on a squared T portion of the shaft 26. The disc 57 islocated and controlled as regards its sliding movement on the shaft 26' by means ofar yoke 58 (Figure 4 and 6) carriedvby a sliding' rack; 59 which is guidedinpbrackets 60 1 fixed to the bed platelaand meshes with a toothed pinion 61 carried by a-spindle62 supported by, the bed plate ;1. The spindle 62 projects through the bed plate 1 and carries at its upper end a dial plate 63 (Figure 1) formed with a series of finger holes 6%,

values, of the tickets which the machine can issue. The dial plate 63"1snormall held in y n l c 7 the position shown bya spr1ng6l located jbetween the spindle 62 and-a boss or housing 65 fixed to the bed plate 1, but the conductor a can adjust the dial plate to any one ofa number of positions corresponding to the" is formed with a pawl 68 w-hichcooperates with ratchet wheel 69 fixed to the spindle;

62, the arrangement being such that the pressure of the finger on the" stop 66-whenthe dial plate 63 adjusted, as described above causes the pawl 68 to engageone ofthe teeth of the 1'atchet-wl1eel69 forthepurpose of lever 67 holding the dial plate 63 inits adjustedpositionagainst the action of the spring'64. Indications-of ticket values 70 are marked. on thedialjplate 63 adjacent the finger holes 64 is shown in'Figure 1, the; indication adjacent eachhole corresponding to the value to 'whichthe machine will be'adjustedby placing the finger in that hole and rotating the dial plate until the finger is arrested by the stop 66. The value indication of 1d to which the machine is normally adjustedv is marked on the base. plate 1 so as to be visible through the first hole 64 as shown at 71 in Figure 1 The spindle 67 of the lever 67 carries a lever arm 72 disposed beneath the bed plate I (see Figure 4) and connectedbythe link 7 3 to a bell crank lever 74, one arm of which lies in the path of a pin or projection7 5 carried by the printing drum (see Figures e and 5) and.

so arranged that as the printing drumretates the pin 7 5 will engage the lever 74 and will move the same'ina direction to retractthe pawl 68 from engagement with the ratchet wheel69 after the operation of printing the ticket hasbeen completed, withjthe .7

result'that the dial plate 63 will be automaticallyrestored by the spring 64: to the positionishown in thedrawings after aiticket has beenprinted;

The classdies for printing the class indications as shown at 76 inFigureQ are carried by a rotary disc or die holder 77 which is mounted side by sidewiththe disc" 51 on the spindle 52 and is controlled by a sliding rack 78 similar to the rack 53 and similarly guided in the brackets 54. The rack: 7

meshes with thepinion 79.fixed to the disc 77. The rack 78 is attached at its end re- 7 mote from the printingdrum to a bracket 80 mounted to slide on the squared portion ofthe shaft 26 between the printing drunr and the 'bracket56 and connected by links 81 to a bracket 82 which is attached to a grooved diso83 similarythe grooved. disc 57 and mounted to slideon the squared portion of the shaftl26 beyond'the disc 57 and remote y from the printing drum.

The disc- 83 is located its sliding movement on the shaft 26 by means of a yoke 84; (Figures 4 and 6) attached to a sliding rack 85guided in brack ets 86 fixed tothe bed plate 1. The movementsof the rack 85 are controlled by a pinion 87 carried bya spindle 89 supported by the bed plate '1. Theispindle 89 projects through the bed plate 1 and carries an 7 external class adjusting lever 90 which is operable by hand. Classv indications corresponding to the class indicationsCapable: of being printediby, the disc 77 .in its various positionstare marked on the bed plate 1 asshown at-91 (Figure 1) in such a way that when the class adjusting-lever 90 is brought into registerwith any of the class indications 91 the disc 77 is adjusted to and controlled in v print the cor esponding class indication on the-ticket. V i a The printing of the consecutive number of the ticket indicated at 93 injFigure 9 is printed by a set ofnumberihg wheels 94 carried by the printing drum and adapted to be advanced through one step every time theprinting drum is rotated. h pose a U-shaped bar or'bracket'95 (see Fig ure 12) mounted to pivot about the axis of the numbering wheels and controlled a sarin 96 carries a aawl 97 co-o aeratin t: I i b with a ratchet wheel98 attached to the units numbering wheel. The bracket 95 is formed or provided with a tappet or projection 99 arranged to co-operate with a cam plate 100,

' (Figures 4, 5 and- 12) which is fixed; to the side frame 2and is arranged to engage and move the tappet 99 in such 'a way as to move; thepawl 97 through the-space of von'eof'the ratchet teeth against the action of the spring Wins the printing drum rotates. The release ofthe bracket 95 after the tap'p'et 99 has passed the-foam plate 100 causes the pawl in the lever 105.

to move backand engage the next tooth.

After the printed ticket has been ejected from the machine by the rotation of the J printing drum it is partly severed bya cutting device consisting of afixed knife blade 1 01 carried the brackets 19a fixed to the ticket magazlne cover 6 and a movable knife blade 102 formed on thelever 103 which 7 is located beneath the bed plate land ex tends substantially. across'the front of the machine within the cover 4. The lever 103 is pivotally supported, as shown in Fig.8, at

one end by means of abracket 104 fixed to" the bed plate 1 and its other .end has a. pin

and slot connection with the free end of a lever 105 which is pivot-ed to the sideplate 2 and has a vertic'al swinging movement um ited by the engagement of a pin 106 fixed to the side plate 2 with a slot 107. formed- The lever 105 carries a pivoted hand lever 1'08'which projects up I wards through a slot109 in the bedfplate v shown "in full lines the projection 112 is so as to be accessible for hand manipulation. The lever 108 is movable between two limiting positions determinedby pins 110 on thelever 105 and is formed with two projections'lll and 112at its lower end which lie inf the path of a pm 113 hired to the printing drum. The projectionslll and 112 are so shaped as shown in Figure 5 that when the lever 108 is set to the position engaged bythe pin 118 during the rotation of the printing drum in such a manner as torock the lever 105 and thereby to actuate the knife blade 102 for the purpose of'partly severing the ej ectedticket from the ticket strip. The edge of'the knife blade 102 is inclined toithe-edge ofrthe knife blade 101" and the movement of the blade 102 is so'adjusted that the cutting movement of this For this p'urblade almost, but not. uite, severs the issued ti'c'ketfrom the strip, t ereby preventlng the ticket from becoming detached from the machine until the conductor removes it by hand. When thelever 108 is moved to the position shown by chain dotted lines in Figure-5 the pin 118 will clear the projections 112 as the drum rotates so that the lever 105 is not displaced and the ticket which has been issued is not cut.v After the pin 113 has passed the projection 112 however, it engages the projection 111 and swings the lever 108 into the position shown in full lines so that, upon a subsequent operation of the machine" to print a further ticket, the knife blade 102 will be actuated. i The portion of the ticket strip indicated at Qw in Figure 5 as extending bet-ween the pressure roller and knife blades is printed upon'bya die 114 fixed on the printing drum and, when the knife blade 102 is actuated,

the portion of the ticket strip is severed from the portion of the ticket strip which has'been printed upon by the printing surface 21. The part a: of the ticket strip thereforef'orms part of the next ticket issued and must consequently constitute one of the-invariable parts of the ticket. In the machine shown in the drawings the die 114 prin ts a notice as indicated at 115 in Figtickets issued for a given fare value. These counters are'mounted on spindles 124 disposed parallel to the shaft 26 and at equidistance therefrom, the counters being arranged around the shaft; 26 in such a way that they can be read through openings formed in'the cover 4'a's shown in Figure 2. Theinachine is also, provided with a registering counter 125 for registering the total number of returnticket-s issued and a counter 126 for registeringthe total number of complete tickets issued, it being understood thatwhen the printing drum is rotated more than once for the purpose of issuing a ticket of value not specifically provided for by theprinting apparatus theticket produced by-the two or more rotations of the drum is regarded as one ticket.

Allofthese registering counters are carriedon the spindles124which are connected at their ends tofmeta-l plates 124a. The spin- 55 126 to be advanced dles 124 and plates 124w constitute a selfsupporting skeletonframe so that the whole of the ineters can be detached from the ma chine as a unit for resetting or replacement.

5 Access to the interior of the machine for reading the counters is:unnecessaryhowever,

as the various records'are all visible through" openings in the cover .4 (see Figure 2) with.

out unsealing the machine.

The counters 123a 123i that whenever the machine is adjusted-by means of the dial plate 63, the dlsc 57 1s moved along the shaft 26-. to'a; position which permits its finger 127 to actuate the appropriate counter 123a 1230 or; according to the'value which is to be prlnted on the ticket. l j y.

The counter 125 is operated by a finger 129 formed on the disc 83 and has atoothed wheel 130 which is similar to..the.toothed wheels 128 and is so disposed as to be engaged and actuated by the finger. 129 during rotation of the. printing drum when the disc '83 is in an appropriate position.

Owing to the fact that the machine 'i'llustrated in the drawings is designed to issue two kinds" of return tickets, V1Z. OICl1Il1Ty return tickets and workmens' tickets, the

toothed wheel 130 is widerthanthe wheels 128 and is arranged to be actuated :by the finger 1129 in either. of the two positions which thedisc 83 assumesduring printing 0f thetwo' kinds of return tickets.

The counter 126 is actuated by the lever 103 through the medium of a lever 146 which is pivoted at147 -tothe frame plate 3a and coupled to the lever 103 by the en 4'5 'gage1nent of a p in 148 on the lever 146 with a slotted bracket 149. on the lever103. The free end of the lever v146 is slotted-and engages'a pin' 150 carried by the disc 151 which is rotatably mounted on the spindle -124 carrying the counter 126 and carries.

pawls 152 cooperating with internal ratchet teeth 153 of the 7 units numbering wheel,

the arrangement being such that} every op-i eration' of the lever'103 causes the counter through the space of one unit. e V v A further registeringzcounter 1132" for registering the total number: of the rotations of thedrum is'provide'd and this coun- 5 ter is actuated by a finger .133 whi'ch is, fixed tothe bracket 80 and whichdrives the counter 1 32 throughthelspacefiof one unit duringevery rotation of'ithe printing drum whatever may be the position along Y the shaft 26 to which the bracketf is ad justed. As shown in thedrawings a pair of discs 134 are loosely mounted on the shaft of the counter 132 at opposite ends thereof andare connectedtogether by rods 135..which constitute an elongated pinion" capable of being engaged andfadvanced throughthe space of one tooth by'the finger. 133 during every rotation of the printingdrum. w i In order to prevent the. drum from being rotatedwhen either of. the fare stage or fare value adjusting devices are incorrectlyad usted and also to prevent movement of,

the fare stage and fare value adjusting devices after the-drum has been moved away from its normal or rest position, a toothed bar or comb 136 is fixed in the machine as shown 111 Figures 4 and 6, in such a way that the edges of the'discs 57 and 83 are engaged between two teeth ofthecomb in,

everyone of the several positions to which the discs may be adjusted. Each of thediscs57 and 83 is provided with a recess 137 fwhich registers. with the comb when thedrum is. in the normal or rest position so as to permitof axial movement of the disc 5i7jand 83 forthe purpose of adjusting the fare value or fare stage whilst the drum is in the normal or rest position. p In orderto prevent reverse rotation of the drum the spindle 26 carries a ratchet wheel 138 which is located in the sleeve or cup 28 and is engaged by a pawl 139 mount-f ed in the cup 28.

Mounted on the outside of the sleeve cup 28. is a lever 140 carrying a pin 141 which projects through an opening in the cup. 28 and is engaged by a leaf spring 142 which normally holds the lever 140 in the positionshownso that a lug: 143 formed on this lever lies inthe path of a pin 144 carment of the lug 143 with the pin 144 arrests the rotation of the handle 29 when the, drum is in the normalorrest position shown in the drawings thereby preventing accidental rotation of the crank handle be- Z'yond this position. The lever 140 has a projection 145 which is located in a'position convenient to the hand of the operator and permits the lever 140 to be moved ,agalnst the action of the spring 142 into a position in which the lug 143 is clear of the pat-h ofthe pin 144 so that the crank handle can be rotated when required. a

fly grip 43 backwards or forwards until the numbering wheels 44, indicate the required farest'age. The conductor willusually adjust the fare stage in this way as the veflhicle enters the successive stages but in the event of a passenger being carried beyond the stage at whlch he boarded the vehicle before the conductor can issue his ticket, the

'ried by the crank handle 29. The engage- In the use of the machine, the conductor adjusts the fare stage by rotating the butterrotates the crankhandle through one revolu tion. The consequent rotation of the printing' drum prints and issues a ticket marked with the'fare stage and value to which the i 15 machine was adjusted bythe conductor and registers the issue of this ticketon one of the counters 123a rotary movement the knife blade 102 is Z operated so as partially to sever the ticket which has been ejected from the 'machine and the movement of the lever 103 which :actuates the knife'blade causes the issue of the-ticket to be registered on a counter the counter 125. is actuated by the finger 129, so that the ticket isregistered on this. counter also. r

If the conductor is required to issue a -ticket of a value not specifically-provided for by the dies in the machine he can make up the required value .by two operations of the printing drum. When the conductor desires to issue a double ticket in this way hermoves the lever- 108 to the position shown, in'dotted lines in- Figure 5 before'rotating he crank handle and then rotates the crank handle through two revolutions, stopping after the first revolution. to adjust the fare value printing die by means of the dial plate .63, if necessary forithe purpose of making up the required value. During the first rotation of the printing drum the lever 108 is restored to the positionshow-n in full lines and during the secondrotation'of the printlng drum the =movable knife blade is op'er the double ticket from the machine. a

When the ticket roll 10 .is exhausted, the

conductor opens the cover 6v and inserts a new ticket roll. In order to give the .con-

ductorwarning when the ticket roll is near,

' ly exhausted, the ticket strip maybe marked with a coloured line or other indication for 6o coloured disc or plate becomes visible when i the ticket roll is nearing exhaustion. This indicator may be mounted on an arm bearing against the roll or an element movable therewith and maintained in such engageo5 inent by means of a sprmg so that when the 123 and on the counter 132. As the drum reaches the end of its Further, if the ticket is a return ticket roll is reduced to a predetcrmineddiameterv theindicator appearsbeneath the window to warn the. conductor that the magazine will.

shortly require.replenishing. V

The ..1nach1ne described. with reference to the accompanying J drawings is a portable machine adapted foruse on traincars, motorbuses and like vehicles but the machine may be adapted wlthout niaterial, alterations in its construction to operate a fixed point as for-issuingrailway or other tickets at a booking oflice. or other fixed station. More-- 'over, a non-portable machinesubstantially similar in'construction and operation to that described with reference to the accompanying drawings may be associated with an electric motor or other power device tor rotating the printing drum shaft, suitable clutch mechanism being: provided for the ur ose'of obtainin a sin le rotation of the b printing drumishaft at every operation or a switch or other control.

Icla1m: I 5 v 1.;A ticket issuing machine,comprising a ticket strip magazine, a rotary printing drum adjacent said magazine, a'printing die in said drum, said printing die having a plurality of printmg faces and being ITlUVPr ble in saidgdrum topresent anyof said faces at the periphery of said, drum and said drum being operableat each revolution to impress the printing face of said die disposed at its periphery to the ticket strip coming from said magazine and to deliver said ticket,a disc rotatably mounted on the exterior of said machine and having a plurality-of finger holds, means operative by the'rotatioirof said disc to different extents in one direction to selectively move the printing, facesxotfsaid die intoprinting position at the periphery of aid drum, and a finger stop associated' with said rotatable disc and against which a finger i-nigaging any of said fingercholds will hear when said disc is partiallyrotatedL r r 2.A ticket issuin g machine, comprising a ated so as to sever the printed portion of the strip and facilitate the detachment of faces'at the periphery of said drum and said drum being operable at each revolution to impress the printing face of said die disposedatits periphery to the ticket strip coming from said mag'azine'and to deliver said tlcket, adisc rotatably mounted on the exterior of saidpmachine and having a plus rality of'finger holds, means operative by the rotationof sa d disc to dilierent extents in one direction to selectively, move the printing faces ofsaid die into printing position at the periphery of sand drum, means tending to restore said disc to normal position, a finger stop adjacent said disc for.

- abutment by a finger engaging afinger hold I of said disc and by which said disc is partlally rotated for arresting said disc against further rotation, and means between said finger stop and disc operative to hold the disc in ad usted position againstzthe resistance of said disc-restormg means.

8. A ticket issuing machine according to claim 2 wherein the means between the finger stop and disc for holding the disc in adjusted position against the resistance of the disc-restoring means comprises a'ratchet' wheel carried by the disc, a lever onwhich the finger stop ismounted and a pawl carried by said lever and engageable with said ratchet wheel. a

4. A ticket issuing machine according to claim 3 including means between the means for holding the disc in adjusted position and the drum and operative by the drum during its return to normal position to release the disc holding means from the disc.

5. A ticket issuing machine,-compris'ing a casing including a ticket-strip magazine, a drum rotatable in said casingadjacent said magazine, a printing die in said drum, said die havin a plurality of a printing faces and being movable in said drum to present any of its faces inprinting position at the periphery of said drum, a'finger piece atone end of said casing, said finger piece being rotatable relativelyto said drum for moving said die to selectively present the printing faces of the latter at the periphery of the drum, a second printing die in said drum, said second diealso havinga plurahty of printing faces and being movable to present any of its faces in printing position at the periphery of the drum, a rotatable spindle extending longitudinally of said casingfor rotating said drum, and means for' moving the last-named printing'die to selectively present the printing faces thereof the periphery of the drum, said last-named means comprising a disc rotatable on the exterior of said casing, a plurality of finger holds carried-by said disc, a finger stop asso ciated with said disc for abutment by a-finger which engages any of said finger holds and thereby limitingthe extent of rotation of said disc, and a member between said rotatable disc and the last named printing die and actuated by therotation of said disc, said member being rotatable with said spindle and shiftable longitudinally thereof to an extent proportionate to the extent to which said disc is rotated.

6. Ina ticket isuing machine comprising rightangle to said strip, andv a setting member carried by said lever and manually movable lnto operative and inoperative positions, said setting member having a pro ection whiclnwhen said member is set in operative position, is disposed in the path of and engaged by said pin for rocking said lever and actuatingsaid knife and, when said member. is in inoperative position, is out of the pathof said pin, said setting member having a second projection which, when said member is in inoperative position, is

disposed in the path of and engaged by said pin-for restoring said member to operative posltlon.

FRANK EDWARD LANGD ON. 

